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Photoshop Quick Tips #7 - Edgy Style Photo Treatment
Following our series of Photoshop Quick Tips, today we have a really nice tip from Cameron, a photographer and digital artist working at BOXeight Studio. Cameron will show us a really cool photo treatment that will give an edgy, surreal look and feel to a regular photo.
Step 1
Open the photo you want to appy the effect in Photoshop.
Step 2
Duplicate Background Layer.
Step 3
Go to Image>Adjustments>Hue and Saturation (CTRL/CMD+U). Use -60 for the Saturation.
Step 4
Go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Gradient Map. Use Black and White for the colors and change the Blend Mode to Soft light.
Step 5
Select the Brush Tool (B) and use a Hard Edged brush at 30% opacity and paint some light back into the iris by just painting over the layer mask of the adjustment layer.

Step 6
Create a new layer and fill with 50% gray and set the Blend Mode to overlay. Also use Dodge Tool to bring out eyes. Use Midtones and 60% exposure then repeat steps 5 & 6 except use a smaller brush and focus on more detailed areas to bring out.
Step 7
Create a new gradient fill layer and set to angle gradient. invert layer mask and paint the iris. Set Blend Mode to Color. Opacity: 50%
Step 8
Apply image to a new layer Ctrl/Cmd + shift + alt/opt + e. Set to Overlay the Blend Mode, then go to Filter>Other>High Pass with a radius of 5.
Conclusion
Here's the final result. You can use different colors or even add some glow, now it's up to you.
Download the PSD file
Click here to download the Photoshop file used for this tutorial.




36 Comments
simple and nice!
Simple and interesting!
=D
so dark. i like it.
Wow. I really like the effect! I will definitely try this with some of my pictures. Thanks for the tip!
marveless
Merci beaucoup, c'est bien cool.
Thanks a lot, very awesome and simple stuff
pretty nice
The effect is gorgeous! I often see photos with manipulation on eyes, it's always ugly! This one is perfect!
This is a very cool effect for portraits. I have used it twice and continue to receive praise and recognition each time I use it. Simple and effective.
Thanks
Sick I really like it nice work
hmmm nice XD
I dont undersatnd step 5, any one just re run it by me please??
Gooner
17
very interesting way to tackle the effect.
Looks very cool!
greate
So well explained! looks perfect... thanks for the post.
Great tutorial and nice example. Thanks for sharing.
This is brilliant, Might do this after dinner.
I love this effect.
I don't understand how you invert the layer mask and paint the eye in step 7...when i go to layer>change layer content>invert...everything just turns black and i loose my gradient and i can't paint anything..? I'm confused here
spanish ?? please , por favor ... some day?
Set to overlay the blend mode is totally throwing me off. HTF do you do that?
i must have done something wrong.. blah!
im not getting steps 7-8 :-s
oh wait, duh, i didnt see the paint in the iris part! lol.. my whole image was all colorful. thought i missed something, and i did... DURRR!!! ok, nevermind, good tutorial! haha
Muito bom os seus tutoriais e de excelente gosto também. Nice job!
abr
i really dont get step 7
''Step 5
Select the Brush Tool (B) and use a Hard Edged brush at 30% opacity and paint some light back into the iris by just painting over the layer mask of the adjustment layer.''
This is where i get lost... im pretty rubbish at photo shop but learning I cant seem to lighten the iris im pretty sure iv done everything right but the brush make no effect on the image.
If you could help that would be fab as i really like this!.
Miss Diamond
This is a awesome tutorial, i translate it turkish and made a video tutorial.
Thanks for tutorial again.
http://www.skullcrusher.org/index.php/photoshop-ders-47-photoshop-ta-goz...
I really like quick tips like these because everybody has their own tricks of the trade; it's a great way to learn different styles that you wouldn't necessarily think of :).
This tutorial's so awesome, but I'm stuck with the last part.
How'd you colour the eyes in with the gradient without colouring in the whole picture?
Thanks
hey there everyone,
please could you make a video tutoria of this tutorial?? i dont really understand some steps and i think that a video tutorial would be really heplfull.
thank you x)
Nice tut
Pretty Cool! Thanx!
I like it!
wow.. man .. u rock !!! love so much !!!
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